Ahmet Aktas
- Graduate Student // Philosophy
Office and Contact
Email: aaktas@purdue.edu
Ahmet Aktas (they/them or he/him) is a first-year PhD student and a Fulbright Fellow at Purdue University. Their main research areas are 20th-century continental philosophy (with a focus on Deleuze and Heidegger), early modern philosophy (with a focus on Spinoza), social and political philosophy, and philosophy of emotions (with a focus on grief and loss). He is also interested in the metaphysics of mind ( with a focus on plant "cognition"), the history of political philosophy (17th-18th Century), and ethics. They have published works on Spinoza, Deleuze, and Heidegger in journals like Theory, Culture & Society, Human Studies, and Deleuze and Guattari Studies. They are also the organizer of the Deleuze Research Group meetings. When not working, they enjoy dancing, watching films, and doing different kinds of sports.
Deleuze Research Group Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/@DeleuzeResearchGroupDRG